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The Boys Are Back (2009)

Overview

Drama

When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.

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cancerbased on true storysingle parentparenthoodsouth australiaadelaide
Scott Hicks

Director

Scott Hicks

ReleasedSep 25, 2009
Runtime1h 44m
StatusReleased
Screen Australia
Tiger Aspect

Top Cast

Clive Owen

Clive Owen

Joe Warr

Laura Fraser

Laura Fraser

Katy Warr

Emma Booth

Emma Booth

Laura

George MacKay

George MacKay

Harry Warr

Emma Lung

Emma Lung

Mia

Natasha Little

Natasha Little

Flick

Julia Blake

Julia Blake

Barbara

Nicholas McAnulty

Nicholas McAnulty

Artie

Chris Haywood

Chris Haywood

Tom

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Tim Walker

Tommy Bastow

Tommy Bastow

Harry's Friend

Rupert Simonian

Rupert Simonian

Harry's Friend

Erik Thomson

Erik Thomson

Digby

Georgina Naidu

Georgina Naidu

Paula

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The Boys are Back - Official Trailer

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